Micro Center Forces RTX 5090 Buyers to Provide Government ID and Sign No-Export Pledges

A Micro Center location in Tustin, California, forced a customer buying an RTX 5090 workstation to sign an "Advanced Computing Product Purchaser Declaration" barring any export of the hardware. The mandatory form requires the buyer's full legal name, government-issued photo ID, physical installation address, and the specific intended end use of the component. This retail clampdown follows the recent arrest of three Supermicro employees, including co-founder Wally Liaw, who are suspected of illicitly shipping $2.5B in Nvidia hardware to China. Despite the invasive identity checks, the Micro Center compliance form conspicuously fails to record the actual serial number of the GPU being sold, severely limiting its utility in tracking illicit shipments. "NO EXPORT - NO EXCEPTIONS. Micro Center will not sell this product to a purchaser who intends to export, reexport, resell, transfer, or otherwise cause it to leave the United States, regardless of destination." — Micro Center Purchaser Declaration Form